Vincenzo Cantiello
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| birth_place = Sant'Arpino, Italy
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| instrument = Vocals
| occupation = Singer
| years_active = 2009–present
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Vincenzo Cantiello (born 25 August 2000){{cite web|title=Italy 2014|url=http://www.junioreurovision.tv/page/participant-profile?song=32443|publisher=EBU}} is an Italian singer who {{esccnty|Italy|Junior|y=2014|t=represented Italy}} at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "{{lang|it|Tu primo grande amore|i=no}}" and won.{{cite web|last=Granger|first=Anthony|title=Italy: Vincenzo Cantiello To JESC'14|url=http://eurovoix.com/2014/09/04/italy-vincenzo-cantiello-to-jesc14/|publisher=Eurovoix|access-date=4 September 2014|date=4 September 2014}}{{cite web|last=Fisher|first=Luke James|title=Italy names Vincenzo Cantiello as representative|url=http://www.junioreurovision.tv/page/blog?id=italy_names_vincenzo_cantiello_as_representative|publisher=EBU|access-date=26 September 2014|date=26 September 2014}}
Early life
Cantiello was born on 25 August 2000 in Sant'Arpino, Campania. He has been interested in music since early childhood initially singing in the choir of his church, but had started singing on his own when he was 9.
Career
File:Vincenzo Cantiello (JESC 2014 winner) with his prize.jpg
He gained national attention after taking part in {{lang|it|Ti lascio una canzone}} in 2014. Later that year, he represented Italy at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Marsa, Malta, with his song "{{lang|it|Tu primo grande amore|i=no}}", winning the contest with a total of 159 points, just twelve points ahead from {{esccnty|Bulgaria|Junior|y=2014}}'s Planet of the Children who placed second.{{cite news|title=(VIDEO) Junior Eurovision Song Contest: vince Vincenzo Cantiello|url=http://www.parlandodi.it/2014/11/15/junior-eurovision-song-contest-vince-vincenzo-cantiello/|magazine=ParlandoDi.it|date=15 November 2014}} He was Italy's first ever entrant at the competition and also the only male solo singer in the entire competition. He then made an appearance in the {{escyr|2015|Junior|subsequent contest}}. He performed his winning song, read out the Italian votes and handed the trophy to the winner. In {{Escyr|2022|Junior}}, for the occasion of the 20th edition of the event, Cantiello performed as part of the winners interval act.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-02 |title=Junior Eurovision 2022: 11 Champions will perform in Yerevan! |url=https://junioreurovision.tv/story/junior-eurovision-2022-11-champions-will-perform-yerevan |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=junioreurovision.tv |language=en}}
Discography
=Singles=
class="wikitable" |
scope="col" rowspan="1" | Year
! scope="col" rowspan="1" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="1" | Album |
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2013
| scope="row"| "Glitter & Gold" | rowspan="4" {{Non-album singles}} |
2014
| "{{lang|it|Tu primo grande amore|i=no}}" |
rowspan="2" | 2015
| "All of Me" |
"Take Me to Church" |
2016
| "Summer Thrills" | Never Too Much |
2019
| "{{lang|it|Cosa diventerai|i=no}}" | rowspan="2" {{Non-album singles}} |
2021
| "{{lang|it|Tempesta|i=no}}" |
= Albums =
class="wikitable"
!Year !Title |
2016
|Never Too Much |
References
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External links
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- [http://www.junioreurovision.tv/page/participant-profile?song=32443 Vincenzo Cantiello profile] at the Junior Eurovision official website
- Videos on the Junior Eurovision official channel on YouTube
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zC0a8ZIxfQ Vincenzo Cantiello - Tu primo grande amore (Italy) 2014 Junior Eurovision Song Contest] (studio version)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWKveH5_DY8 Vincenzo Cantiello - Tu primo grande amore (Italy) 2014 LIVE JESC 2014] (live in the final)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JmiTHd_2Lc Vincenzo Cantiello - All of me]
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| after=Chiara & Martina Scarpari
with "Viva"
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|before = {{flagicon|Malta}} Gaia Cauchi
with "The Start"
|title = Winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
|years = 2014
|after = {{Flagicon|Malta}} Destiny Chukunyere
with "Not My Soul"
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{{List of Junior Eurovision Song Contest winners}}
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Category:Italian child singers
Category:Junior Eurovision Song Contest winners
Category:People from the Province of Caserta
Category:21st-century Italian male singers
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